Daniel Burnham

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Daniel H. Burnham.

The Rookery Building, Chicago, designed by Burnham & Root, completed 1886.

lobby of the Rookery

Explore the architecture and design of the Monadnock Building in Chicago built in two different phases

Learn about the different structural systems used in constructing the Monadnock Building: one half was layered in bricks, the other used a rigid metal frame

Know about the architecture of the Rookery Building with modern atriums, designed by John Wellborn Root in partnership with Daniel Burnham

See the variety of influences in styles, motifs, and structural features in Chicago's Rookery building completed by Burnham and Root in 1888, redesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907

Flatiron Building

Reliance Building

Union Station facade (Washington, D.C.)

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Daniel Burnham: Quotes

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Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood.Daniel H. Burnham